Quote Originally Posted by Stanelis View Post
In the burning crusade expansion of wow the content was gated by the completion of each tier of content.
In older WoW expansions it also took significantly longer to level and gear up, you weren't getting epic gear in LFR. It's pretty safe to say older MMOs, including WoW, did a much better job of retaining subs then ALL of the modern MMOs. Only 2 of the Modern MMOs have yet to go free 2 play.

I do think you have some valid points though.